# The Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003, Paragraph 12

Extent: E+W

(1) Before 1st September 2004 the recommending authority has submitted to the Council a recommendation that the person should be awarded qualified teacher status and a statement that –
(a) on the date of the recommendation he is employed as a teacher in an independent school;
(b) he has been assessed by the recommending authority as meeting the specified standards;
(c) before –
(i) 1st January 1974 he obtained qualifications meeting the requirements of paragraph 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20 of Part 2 of this Schedule, or
(ii) 1st January 1974 he obtained a degree granted by a United Kingdom university or by the CNAA or by a foreign institution, or
(iii) 1st September 1989 he obtained a degree granted by a United Kingdom university or by the CNAA or by a foreign institution in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, botany, zoology, physiology, biochemistry or geology; and
(d) he was employed as a teacher in an independent school at any time before 1st September 1989.
(2) In this paragraph – “recommending authority” means –
(a) in the case of a teacher who is not a head teacher or principal, the head teacher or principal of the independent school at which he is employed to teach, and
(b) in the case of a head teacher or principal, the chairman of the governing body of the school, or if none the proprietor of the school.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1662/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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